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TO THE EDITOR."
Sir, — "'Their duty appears to have been punitive, for they were burning every Dutch house they came to, whether occupied by women or empty." INTo, Sir, the above is not an extract from Motley's "Histoiy of the Dutch Republic" giving an account of the barbarisms piactised by the notorious Duke of Alva and his cruel Spaniards hundreds of years ago. Nor is it a-n account of how savage Chinese Boxers treat defenceless women. It is simply a commonplace remark from a New Zealand newspaper based upon a letter written from the neighbotirho6"d of Pretoiia by Trooper Farrier Smith, of the New Zealand contingents. Let it not be foigotten that this, young man is directly supported in his mission of mercy by our money, and I suppose I may add by our prayers. Our highly civilised, Christianisedcommunity will doubtless smugly approve of this pattern method of impressing upon the benighted South African ex-Republicans the advantages of "English" rule. Singing "Rule Britannia," likewise "Gorsive our Grickms," — I am, etc.,
PEACEFUL PROGRESS
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Otago Witness, Issue 2429, 3 October 1900, Page 17
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174More Light. Otago Witness, Issue 2429, 3 October 1900, Page 17
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